# Home Alone

> Home Alone led the domestic box office for 12 consecutive weekends.

- Owner: 20th Century Fox (distributor); John Hughes (writer-producer)
- Kind: Film
- Sector: Entertainment
- Seed date: 1990-11-10
- Peak proxy date: Week of Dec 28, 1990
- Date basis: Proxy date; not a directly measured attention peak. Dates use the stated precision; chart positions are date anchors.
- Spread Score: 79 (Breakout, provisional), v1.2
- Mechanics: Underdog, Maker origin, Platform jump, Press loop

## Summary

Home Alone opened nationwide after public previews and led the domestic box office for twelve weekends. VHS, annual Christmas broadcasts and fan clips extended its audience. Google later remade scenes with Culkin, and Airbnb offered a stay in the house.

## Timeline

- 1990-11-10 — 20th Century Fox (Box office) — Fox held public sneak previews before the nationwide release.
- 1990-11-16 — 20th Century Fox (Box office) — Fox released Home Alone nationwide in the United States.
- 1990-11-16 — Los Angeles Times / Peter Rainer (Press) — Peter Rainer praised Culkin's comic timing but criticized the film's violence and sentimentality.

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Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/home-alone

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Home Alone.” Case HIS-01428. Spread Score v1.2: 79/100. Updated 2026-10-23. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-01428